# toffee
## English
### Alternative forms

* taffy (see usage notes)
* toffy

### Etymology

Alteration of taffy.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈtɒfi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: täʹfē, IPA: /ˈtɔfi/
* Rhymes: -ɒfi

### Noun

toffee (countable and uncountable, plural toffees)
* (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
* (countable) A small, individual piece of toffee.
    a box of toffees
* (Northern England) Any kind of sweets; candy.

#### Usage notes

* Unlike taffy, which is a soft candy, toffee is a hard candy.

#### Derived terms

* bonfire toffee
* cinder toffee
* English toffee
* for toffee
* honeycomb toffee
* maple toffee
* sponge toffee
* sticky toffee pudding
* toffee apple
* toffee-brown
* toffee-colored, toffee-coloured
* toffee hammer
* toffee-nose
* toffee-nosed
* toffee paper
* toffee penny

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 拖肥 (to$^1$ fei$^{4-2}$)

#### See also

* butterscotch
* caramel
* fudge

### Verb

toffee (third-person singular simple present toffees, present participle toffeeing, simple past and past participle toffeed)
* (transitive) To coat in toffee.
** 1971, The Economist - Volume 239, page 74:The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle.
** 2012, Elizabeth Lowry, The Bellini Madonna:But all the eating up of shoo-fly pie, and the cooking up of gauzy cumuli of pink candy, and the toffeeing of crab apples, couldn't hide the fact that we were winter-bound.
** 2015, Tony Weston, Making a Name, page 93:The fire had claimed three of Mr. Barry's barns and the wine presses and the oak fermentation vessels were blackened and sprung, the wine-sugars toffeeing the floor.

### Anagrams

* tee off

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English toffee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtofːeː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːe̞ː]
* IPA: /ˈtofːiː/, [ˈt̪o̞fːiː]
* Rhymes: -ofːeː
* Hyphenation: tof‧fee

### Noun

toffee
* toffee

#### Declension

Possessive forms of toffee (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toffeeni
toffeeni
accusative
nom.
toffeeni
toffeeni
gen.
toffeeni
genitive
toffeeni
toffeideni toffeitteni
partitive
toffeetani
toffeitani
inessive
toffeessani
toffeissani
elative
toffeestani
toffeistani
illative
toffeeheni toffeeseeni
toffeihini toffeisiini
adessive
toffeellani
toffeillani
ablative
toffeeltani
toffeiltani
allative
toffeelleni
toffeilleni
essive
toffeenani
toffeinani
translative
toffeekseni
toffeikseni
abessive
toffeettani
toffeittani
instructive
comitative
—toffeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toffeesi
toffeesi
accusative
nom.
toffeesi
toffeesi
gen.
toffeesi
genitive
toffeesi
toffeidesi toffeittesi
partitive
toffeetasi
toffeitasi
inessive
toffeessasi
toffeissasi
elative
toffeestasi
toffeistasi
illative
toffeehesi toffeeseesi
toffeihisi toffeisiisi
adessive
toffeellasi
toffeillasi
ablative
toffeeltasi
toffeiltasi
allative
toffeellesi
toffeillesi
essive
toffeenasi
toffeinasi
translative
toffeeksesi
toffeiksesi
abessive
toffeettasi
toffeittasi
instructive
comitative
—toffeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toffeemme
toffeemme
accusative
nom.
toffeemme
toffeemme
gen.
toffeemme
genitive
toffeemme
toffeidemme toffeittemme
partitive
toffeetamme
toffeitamme
inessive
toffeessamme
toffeissamme
elative
toffeestamme
toffeistamme
illative
toffeehemme toffeeseemme
toffeihimme toffeisiimme
adessive
toffeellamme
toffeillamme
ablative
toffeeltamme
toffeiltamme
allative
toffeellemme
toffeillemme
essive
toffeenamme
toffeinamme
translative
toffeeksemme
toffeiksemme
abessive
toffeettamme
toffeittamme
instructive
comitative
—toffeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toffeenne
toffeenne
accusative
nom.
toffeenne
toffeenne
gen.
toffeenne
genitive
toffeenne
toffeidenne toffeittenne
partitive
toffeetanne
toffeitanne
inessive
toffeessanne
toffeissanne
elative
toffeestanne
toffeistanne
illative
toffeehenne toffeeseenne
toffeihinne toffeisiinne
adessive
toffeellanne
toffeillanne
ablative
toffeeltanne
toffeiltanne
allative
toffeellenne
toffeillenne
essive
toffeenanne
toffeinanne
translative
toffeeksenne
toffeiksenne
abessive
toffeettanne
toffeittanne
instructive
comitative
—toffeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toffeensa
toffeensa
accusative
nom.
toffeensa
toffeensa
gen.
toffeensa
genitive
toffeensa
toffeidensa toffeittensa
partitive
toffeetaan toffeetansa
toffeitaan toffeitansa
inessive
toffeessaan toffeessansa
toffeissaan toffeissansa
elative
toffeestaan toffeestansa
toffeistaan toffeistansa
illative
toffeehensa toffeeseensa
toffeihinsa toffeisiinsa
adessive
toffeellaan toffeellansa
toffeillaan toffeillansa
ablative
toffeeltaan toffeeltansa
toffeiltaan toffeiltansa
allative
toffeelleen toffeellensa
toffeilleen toffeillensa
essive
toffeenaan toffeenansa
toffeinaan toffeinansa
translative
toffeekseen toffeeksensa
toffeikseen toffeiksensa
abessive
toffeettaan toffeettansa
toffeittaan toffeittansa
instructive
comitative
—toffeineen toffeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* toffeinen
* toffeekarkki
* toffeekastike
* toffeeomena
* toffeetäyte

#### See also

* kinuski
* fudge

### Further reading

* “toffee”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03